Strategic Finance Lead, FP&A (SaaS G&A)

Mixpanel, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and...

Mental Wellness Benefit

Generous Vacation Policy & Additional…

Enhanced Parental Leave

Volunteer Time Off

401(k) and Pre-Tax Benefits

Job summary

Mixpanel, Inc. is seeking a high-impact Strategic Finance Associate to own end-to-end FP&A for a major domain. You’ll partner with senior leaders, design scalable planning processes, and drive rigorous financial analysis to support leadership decisions.

You’ll build robust financial models, validate assumptions with business partners, and influence investments across teams in a hybrid role based in the SF Bay Area or NYC.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of FP&A or Strategic Finance experience with focus on G&A in high-growth SaaS
• Proven ability to design planning processes and frameworks and influence decisions without direct authority
• Expert-level financial modeling skills; fluent in SaaS unit economics, driver-based forecasting, 3-statement modeling, and scenario/sensitivity analysis
• Expertise across G&A; experience partnering with senior functional leaders on budget strategy and investment decisions
• Strong SQL skills and experience with BI tools, FP&A platforms, and ERP systems; comfortable specifying data needs and improving data quality upstream
• Excellent communication skills — distill complex financial analysis into crisp narratives for exec audiences
• Experience with Pigment, Anaplan, or similar tool (Pigment preferred)
• BS/BA in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA or CFA a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end financial planning process for G&A teams—from brief to delivery—setting quality standards and accountability.
• Define the 6–12 month financial strategy for your domain, validating assumptions with business partners and translating strategy into financial outcomes and leading indicators.
• Build business cases for major investments with clear assumptions, risk quantification, and second-order effects for leadership decisions.
• Design and improve planning processes, tooling, and data definitions to raise the quality of financial outputs organization-wide.
• Lead cross-functional analyses with milestones and owners, resolve forecast disagreements with principled rationale.
• Partner with budget owners to ensure data quality and alignment on assumptions, acting as a data-driven culture anchor.

Skills

FP&A

Strategic Finance

Financial modeling

SaaS unit economics

SQL

BI tools

ERP systems

Communication

Education

BS/BA in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field

MBA or CFA (plus)

Tools

Pigment

Anaplan

Job description

Mixpanel, Inc. is seeking a high-impact Strategic Finance Associate to own end-to-end FP&A for a major domain. You’ll partner with senior leaders, design scalable planning processes, and drive rigorous financial analysis to support leadership decisions.

You’ll build robust financial models, validate assumptions with business partners, and influence investments across teams in a hybrid role based in the SF Bay Area or NYC.